Cara culture

Caranquis
Kara
c.1000c.1470
CapitalInca-Caranqui
Common languagesCaranqui language
Historical eraIntegration
 Established
c.1000
 Disestablished
c.1470
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Cotocollao culture
Inca Empire

The Cara or Caranqui culture flourished in coastal Ecuador, in what is now Manabí Province, in the first millennium CE.